Comments on: How Bad Can It Be?: “Lie to Me” http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/ your daily dose of pop culture Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:58:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sugar Water: “24″ and the Enhanced Techniques of Viewer Torture | Popdose http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-29825 Sugar Water: “24″ and the Enhanced Techniques of Viewer Torture | Popdose Fri, 29 May 2009 07:58:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-29825 [...] them off-screen either. To quote the title of a more recent addition to Fox’s lineup: Lie to me! At least pretend there’s a chance he could [...] [...] them off-screen either. To quote the title of a more recent addition to Fox’s lineup: Lie to me! At least pretend there’s a chance he could [...]

]]> By: Old_Davy http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-39942 Old_Davy Wed, 06 May 2009 04:38:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-39942 This show was okay the first couple of weeks, but the writers seem to rely on the same tactics week after week. I'm already tired of the "AHA" moments in each episode where some tiny imperceptible facial expression gives away the criminal. YAWWWWN. And I thought "Ghost Whisperer" was predictable. This show was okay the first couple of weeks, but the writers seem to rely on the same tactics week after week. I'm already tired of the “AHA” moments in each episode where some tiny imperceptible facial expression gives away the criminal. YAWWWWN. And I thought “Ghost Whisperer” was predictable.

]]> By: Old_Davy http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28785 Old_Davy Wed, 06 May 2009 03:38:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28785 This show was okay the first couple of weeks, but the writers seem to rely on the same tactics week after week. I'm already tired of the "AHA" moments in each episode where some tiny imperceptible facial expression gives away the criminal. YAWWWWN. And I thought "Ghost Whisperer" was predictable. This show was okay the first couple of weeks, but the writers seem to rely on the same tactics week after week. I'm already tired of the “AHA” moments in each episode where some tiny imperceptible facial expression gives away the criminal. YAWWWWN. And I thought “Ghost Whisperer” was predictable.

]]> By: David_E http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28777 David_E Tue, 05 May 2009 22:45:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28777 I love "Deadliest Catch." And Tim Roth. <br><br>If Quentin Tarantino would direct Tim Roth in an episode of "Deadliest Catch," I would die a very happy man. I love “Deadliest Catch.” And Tim Roth.

If Quentin Tarantino would direct Tim Roth in an episode of “Deadliest Catch,” I would die a very happy man.

]]> By: Jack Feerick http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28750 Jack Feerick Tue, 05 May 2009 12:23:17 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28750 It's like a box o' chock-lits. It's like a box o' chock-lits.

]]> By: jefito http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28746 jefito Tue, 05 May 2009 11:43:51 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28746 Which reminds me: God, how I love this column. Which reminds me: God, how I love this column.

]]> By: Jack Feerick http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28744 Jack Feerick Tue, 05 May 2009 11:26:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28744 When the idea for this column was still taking shape, and Jeff and I were first kicking around possible approaches, I wrote a set of dummy ledes for a notional piece about <i>Ice Road Truckers</i>, segueing into a broader riff on the whole “blue collar dangerous” subgenre, of which <i>Deadliest Catch</i> is the biggest and most successful example. Those notes were lost in a hard-drive crash, but it’s a good bet I’ll return to the topic at some point. It’s not on the schedule for the immediate future, but it’s still at the back of my mind. When the idea for this column was still taking shape, and Jeff and I were first kicking around possible approaches, I wrote a set of dummy ledes for a notional piece about Ice Road Truckers, segueing into a broader riff on the whole “blue collar dangerous” subgenre, of which Deadliest Catch is the biggest and most successful example. Those notes were lost in a hard-drive crash, but it’s a good bet I’ll return to the topic at some point. It’s not on the schedule for the immediate future, but it’s still at the back of my mind.

]]> By: Elaine http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28731 Elaine Tue, 05 May 2009 04:30:07 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28731 I can't disagree with anything that you said in this article. I figured out early that the show is based on exposing facial tics, portrayed by actors who study how to lie for a living, with facial tics.<br><br>Having said that, however, I really like Tim Roth and that hasn't changed so far. I'm willing to give it a little more time, but it might end up as a 'love to hate it' show. Then again, it's getting really hard to keep saying the same thing about the forensically absurd CSI:NY, but I'm kinda pot-committed at this point.<br><br>Who here is a fan of "Deadliest Catch?" I've been trying to figure out why it's such a cultural thing. I can't disagree with anything that you said in this article. I figured out early that the show is based on exposing facial tics, portrayed by actors who study how to lie for a living, with facial tics.

Having said that, however, I really like Tim Roth and that hasn't changed so far. I'm willing to give it a little more time, but it might end up as a 'love to hate it' show. Then again, it's getting really hard to keep saying the same thing about the forensically absurd CSI:NY, but I'm kinda pot-committed at this point.

Who here is a fan of “Deadliest Catch?” I've been trying to figure out why it's such a cultural thing.

]]> By: mojo http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28677 mojo Mon, 04 May 2009 12:55:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28677 I should hate this show for, like, 17 reasons, the biggest of which kelli williams is beautiful yet soulless...just like she was in The Practice. <br><br>And Lightman character is over the top. Yet it is strangely compelling.<br><br>Comic illo's are fantastic & great supporting material. I should hate this show for, like, 17 reasons, the biggest of which kelli williams is beautiful yet soulless…just like she was in The Practice.

And Lightman character is over the top. Yet it is strangely compelling.

Comic illo's are fantastic & great supporting material.

]]> By: Jack Feerick http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-lie-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28635 Jack Feerick Sun, 03 May 2009 00:53:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17514#comment-28635 It was cross-posted in both Music and Television, actually. It was surprise to me, too - I believe it was Mine Gracious Editor's doing. All I can think is it's because the piece mentions Johnny Fucking Cash.<br><br>I just writes 'em, man; everything that happens after is all jibber-jabber and black magic, so far as I know. It was cross-posted in both Music and Television, actually. It was surprise to me, too – I believe it was Mine Gracious Editor's doing. All I can think is it's because the piece mentions Johnny Fucking Cash.

I just writes 'em, man; everything that happens after is all jibber-jabber and black magic, so far as I know.

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